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The Barge And Towing Industry
— A Legislative Review —
Dena L. Wilson, Director— Legislative Affairs
Congress left Washington, D.C.
for the first part of its summer recess
after passing omnibus water
resources legislation, H.R. 3678,
on June 29, by a vote of 259-33.

The members who attended the regular
monthly meeting of the Long-Beach-Greater
Los Angeles Chapter of The American Society
of Naval Engineers in March were rewarded
by an evening of good fellowship,
fine food, and an excellent technical paper
by Dr.

October 17-20—Boston, Massachusetts
Fish Expo '84, projected to have
more than 450 companies exhibiting
their equipment and products and
some 10,000 commerical fishing industry
buyers attending, will be
held October 17-20 in Boston's
Hynes Veterans Auditorium.

Since Corroless International
launched its specialist corrosion control
systems into the marine industry
in the early part of 1991, one
particular aspect of the company's
service has made it stand out—
project management.
Corroless's in-depth

Michael Wager, president and
chief executive officer of Robert H.
Wager Company, Inc., announced
the opening of a southern regional
office in Mobile. Mr. Wager also
said that the new director of sales
and marketing for the southern regional
office will be Nathan
Coarsey.

The Port of Iberia in Louisiana
recently completed the purchase of
70 acres of prospective new industrial
plant sites from Sterling Sugars,
Inc. of Franklin, La.
Transfer of the acreage, which lies
immediately east of the present port
property,

Richard W. Fetzner, president
of Sun Transport, Inc., has been
named president of its parent, Sun
Trading & Marine Transport, Inc.
(S.T.M.T.), succeeding the late
Fred E. Buchanan.
S.T.M.T., an operating unit of
Sun Company, located at 200
West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne,
Pa.

Since the worst-case scenario became
a reality with September's terrorist
attacks in the U.S.. organizations of all
kinds have been forced to re-evaluate
how security applies to their operations.
While the nation's focus has been primarily
on the aviation industry,

As was the case when the Erika went
down off the coast of France in late
1999, much (unwanted) attention has
been focused on the classification society
for the damaged product tanker Castor,
in this case American Bureau of
Shipping. Unlike the aforementioned
example,